Wine Bottles?? Will that work?

[FxdGrMind]

Ok I'm still several weeks from bottling and kegging.
I have the Keg system on order should be here next week.

But I've realized that sharing my new brew... if it's good will be a hassle.. unless they pound down my front door.. Yeikers!

So I have lots of wine bottles lying around as I tried my hand at wine making years ago. So have the equipment for bottling wine.

So my question is can I bottle beer in them with corks to seal... Prime with sugar for carbonation... or will the carb blow the corks and make a showery mess?

Cheers and thanks in advance!

 

[IrregularPulse]

Wine bottles are not designed to hold pressure. Go BOOM

 

[bmckee56]

Champagne bottles are ok to use, not Wine bottles.

Salute!

 

[RCxc]

Agreed, don't use wine bottles for beer. Even if you get a wire harness for champagnes around it you still could have a bottle bomb. I would keg it and then use something like this: Beer gun to bottle when you need it.

 

[IrregularPulse]

or just buy a wing capper and some bottles

 

[FxdGrMind]

Ok, thanks. I guess I'll just cary over a pitcher for them to serve from. =)

 

[hook_dupin]

Never, ever, ever buy empty bottles. Instead, buy a case or two of a beer you like and then slowly empty them.

 

[Mirage]

Never, ever, ever buy empty bottles. Instead, buy a case or two of a beer you like and then slowly empty them.

+1 couldn't agree more!

 

[ZooBrew]

Empty them into your mouth, that is.....

 

[FxdGrMind]

Well maybe the neighbor's have some.. I don't normally buy beer in bottles, I prefer going to the pub and having beer off the tap, usually what ever seasonal they have or some special brew.

Fish Tale Ale's is my local brew pub and I like their beer. It's just not quite the same in a bottle.

 

[Hefeweizengeliebter]

I found these at IKEA to bottle my Mead, for $2 each... they are 1L (34oz) bottles

 

[FxdGrMind]

Hummm, and unlike wine they will hold the pressure?

I could fill a couple for the neighbors... I really need to start on that second batch... it looks like the first one is almost spoken for already... DANG it goes fast!!!

 

[kirscp]

Make your own beer gun and get "Budweiser" twist off bottles. You can cap the budweiser bottles with a wing capper. They are easier to get and don't have to worry about not getting them back.

 

[wreckinball9]

i have been using those ikea flip top bottles for beer and they have held the pressure fine for me.

 

[kip]

Never, ever, ever buy empty bottles. Instead, buy a case or two of a beer you like and then slowly empty them.

Agreed. Some people will tell you that you cannot re cap with screw top bottles but I did it for years and only ever lost 1 here and there to a bad seal.